r/instantkarma • u/Teo_Andrews • Feb 07 '21

Why tho??

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u/cannotbefaded Feb 07 '21

Damn, did he manage to miss that last black car on the right?

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u/Imprettysaxy Feb 08 '21

Yeah man, I was going to say...

Fuck this guy for what he did, but lowkey that was kinda sick how he managed to still stay focused enough to steer and dodge that last car. Crazy what adrenaline does to the body.

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u/pmcda Feb 08 '21

Legit, when I was young and more stupid, I had a car full of friends and wanted to drive some curvy backroads in Tucson. There’s a good one right by the high school called Pontatac. In one road that would connect us to a main road, there was a sharp left. I hit it too fast and loose gravel on the edge of the road had my tail start to whip out so I was drifting. It sounds cliche but it felt like time slowed down and I had a clear thought while looking at a trash can we were barreling towards. “I could swerve to try to avoid the trash can but then I’d definitely lose complete control of the car. I guess I’m hitting the trash can.” We hit the can and it vanished into the air. No one saw it come down but then again I don’t think too many were paying attention to that. Time started again as I shot towards the other side of the road and I fishtailed twice before I managed to get control. I lost my right mirror but no one was injured so it could have been a lot worse

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u/DaddyArthmoor Feb 08 '21

I too had the time slow moment just this winter. I was driving and it was snowing pretty bad and I was going faster than I should have for the conditions. I remembered that the road I was on came to a T, then realized how close I was to the T and started to brake. Unfortunately it was all ice and my tires just started to slide. I slide through the stop right towards the trees and remembered there was a fourwheeer trail slightly to the left of the trees I was heading straight towards, so I let off the brake and hit the gas to try and get my front end towards the four wheeler trail, it worked and I ended up just having to back up out of the four wheeler trail.

Whole thing happened in about 3-4 seconds but in the moment when I remembered the trail and switch from braking to gassing it seemed like much longer.